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Locality Name:
Gods Lake District, Manitoba, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 3200

mindat Locality ID: 243384
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243384.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gods Lake District, Manitoba, Canada": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
BIL Group
Elk Island
Hyers Island Deposit
Jowsey Island Deposit
Little Stull Lake Deposit
Rusty Zone Deposit (Oxford Lake)
Twin Lakes Deposit (Monument Bay; Seber River)

Latitude: 54°51'49"N
Longitude: 94°11'25"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 54.863611111111,-94.190277777778

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Li O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMicaNickeline
NonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS430359,30361,30362,303649052
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181303574286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13036227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2230359,3036127198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1303598173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13035924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu530359,30361,30362,30363,3036430554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2230361,3036417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2430359,30361,30362,3036439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8230359,303619056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2430359,30361,30362,3036461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13035921482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6130357688



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
vms-0011532003200Archean       S243388Hyers Island Deposit, Gods Lake District, Manitoba, CanadaHyers IslandMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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